Combined lock and retaining device.



M. JADRONJA.

COMBINED LOCK AND RETAINING DEVICE. nrmpnxon FILED D26. 29, '1910.

Patented Aug. 8,1911. r

WIT NESSES l/VVEIVTOR Mark Jodr'o njo A TTOR/VEYS COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPII C0,. WASHINGTON. D. C.

MARK JADRONJA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO ELLA E. VAN NOTE, OF POINT PLEASANT, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED LOCK AND RETAINING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

Application'filed December 29, 1910. Serial No. 599,831.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MARK J ADRONJA, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combined Lock and Retaining Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to looks and latches, and has for an object to provide a device for looking a receptacle with respect to the casing thereof, and for preventing the receptacle from being entirely withdrawn from the casing.

For the purpose mentioned use is made of a bolt slidably mounted in the inner end of a receptacle to engage the casing thereof, actuating means mounted on the outer end of the receptacle, and a flexible connection disposed between the actuating means and the bolt so that the said bolt will releasably engage the casing when the actuating means are operated and the said bolt being normally positioned so that the receptacle cannot be entirely withdrawn from the casing.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views and in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of a cabinet and casing with my device attached to one of the drawers of the cabinet; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2'-2 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front view of the cabinet showing a drawer equipped with my device, parts being broken away to disclose the underlying structure.

Referring more particularly to the views, I employ a drawer 10 mounted to slide in a drawer casing 11 of a cabinet 12. Secured to the inner end of the drawer 10 is a bolt casing 13, having slidably mounted therein a bolt 14, with a spring 15 engaging the bolt to actuate the same. Secured to the casing 11 of the cabinet 12 is a strike plate 16, adapted to receive therein an end of the bolt 14. On the outer end of the drawer 10 is secured a casing 17 in which is slidably mounted a lever 18 adapted to be operated by a key 19. A flexible connection consisting of a wire 20 is connected to the lever, 18, and the bolt 14, and is disposed in a duct 21 longitudinally formed in the floor 22 of the drawer 10. WVhen the bolt 14 is in normal or unlocked position the drawer 10' can be opened with respect to the casing 11, but the said bolt 14 is so arranged that when the drawer is pulled outwardly the bolt will engage the end 23 of the casing 11 and thus prevent the drawer from being entirely withdrawn from the casing. To look the drawer 1O relatively to the casing 11, the key 19 is operated to move the lever 18 downwardly, thus moving the bolt 14 upwardly to engage the strike plate 16, as will be readily understood.

My device is particularly adaptable to tills and money drawers, and by providing the locking means at the inner end of the drawer the contents of the drawer will be well protected inasmuch as it would be almost impossible to force the lock.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a lock, the combination of a bolt casing for attachment to the inner end of a receptacle, a strike plate secured to the receptacle casing and adapted to receive an end of the bolt, a spring actuated bolt slidably mounted in the bolt casing, actuating means on the outer end of the receptacle and a flexible connection between the said bolt and the actuating means for operating the bolt to releasably engage the said strike plate, the said connection being disposed in a duct in the floor of the receptacle and the said bolt being normally adapted to engage the front end of the receptacle casing when the receptacle is opened to prevent the said receptacle from being entirely withdrawn from the receptacle casing.

2. In a lock, the combination of a bolt casing for attachment to the .inner end of a drawer or receptacle, a strike plate secured to the casing of the drawer or receptacle, a bolt in the bolt casing, an end of said bolt being adapted to be engaged by the strike plate, a spring for holding the bolt in engaging position, actuating means on the outer end of the drawer or receptacle, said actuating means comprising a lever to be actuated from the exterior of the casing, a flexible connection between the said bolt and the lever, and a duct in the bottom of the drawer or receptacle, to receive the said connection, whereby, when the lever is operated, the bolt will be released from the strike plate to permit the drawer or receptacle to be opened, the bolt also acting to engage the front of the casing to prevent the drawer or receptacle from being entirely withdrawn therefrom.

3. In a locking and retaining device, the combination of a drawer or receptacle and a casing or cabinet to receive the same, interengaging locking means carried at the rear of the drawer and casing, and means carried adjacent the front of the drawer or receptacle to release the said locking means andperinit the drawer to be opened, the locking means carried at the rear of the drawer or receptacle being adapted to normally extend above the edge ofthe drawer or receptacle to engage the front of the easing when the drawer is opened, to prevent the drawer or receptacle from being entirely withdrawn from the casing or cabinet.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARK J ADRONJ A.

Witnesses F. A. HosrER, L. D. VANNORT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

